Brocker I 946/947
Democracy/Crouch/Heidbrink: Similar to Plato in his Cave Parable in the Politeia (and later Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard in their analyses of media capitalism), Crouch regards the liberal democracies of the West as simulacra, as fictitious scenarios of a politics dominated by economic power interests and staged participation. >Simulacrum/Baudrillard.

Ludger Heidbrink, „Colin Crouch, Postdemokratie“, in: Manfred Brocker (ed.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals
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PolCrouch IColin CrouchHenry FarrellBreaking the path of institutional development? Alternatives to the new determinism 2004